Should You Be Worried About a Strong Market?

This week has seen quite a few ups and downs, both for the market and investor’s emotions. As usual, the mainstream financial news outlets are full of the same old “noise” that makes it difficult to discern what’s really going on. At the time of this writing, MarketWatch’s most viewed article is titled The stock…

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Risk Evaluation Can Be A Powerful Tool

Christmas Eve taught a lot of investors an important lesson this year. The lesson was this: if you want to avoid mistakes when market volatility rears its head, you’ve got to measure your risk carefully. When stocks dipped rapidly towards the end of 2018, some investors were inevitably pushed past their breaking point and bailed,…

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Protecting Your 401K From Market Volatility

Recent drops in the Dow Jones Industrial Average have some investors, especially those nearing retirement age, feeling stressed. As usual, the mainstream news isn’t helping. A quick search of the headlines reveals dozens of “scare tactic” phrases such as “Stock Market Misery,” “Economic Slowdown,” and “Deepest Plunge Since October.” As you already know, acting out…

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The Bears Are Out In Full Force!

Hey, I get it.  Market Bears are all over the news headlines these days. They come out of hibernation every few years or so during corrections. We saw this as recently as 2016. The funny thing is – as painful as it was, most investors today don’t even remember how they felt in January and…

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The Post Midterm Market

The results of the midterms have sent many investors into “worry mode” as they brace for a possible political shakeup that could affect their accounts. But, to quote Warren Buffet: “If you Mix politics and investing, you’re making a big mistake.” This echoes something we’ve said time and time again here in ADAPT. As an…

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Is This Indicator Signalling Market Growth?

Are markets signaling more turbulence for investors ahead? Or…is the sun hiding behind October clouds? Yesterday, I was flying from our Boca Raton, Florida office to our Connecticut office. I was enjoying a nice smooth ride when, suddenly, the fasten seat-belt sign came on and that nice smooth ride suddenly felt more like the wings…

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Message to investors: Don’t fall victim to your own emotions

Stock market drops like what we experienced this week can be really scary, even for seasoned investors. Nobody likes to see the value of their portfolio go down. These kind of market sell-offs often cause panic, resulting in emotional selling in hopes of protecting against further loss… Yet, that’s usually not the right move. Instead,…

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The DOW plunged — is it time to be fearful?

Tuesday morning there was an email in my inbox with the subject line, “Sell, sell, sell.” I have to admit, it got my attention. It was a dire warning from a contrarian investment “guru” forecasting the end of the bull market — and the world as we know it. If you sold some stock near…

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